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dc.contributorUniversitat Ramon Llull. Facultat de Psicologia, Ciències de l’Educació i de l’Esport Blanquerna
dc.contributor.authorArboix Alió, Jordi
dc.contributor.authorBuscà Safont-Tria, Bernat
dc.contributor.authorSolà, Josep
dc.contributor.authorPeralta-Geis, Mariona
dc.contributor.authorArboix, Adrià
dc.contributor.authorFort Vanmeerhaeghe, Azahara
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-18T06:26:11Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-13T08:23:35Z
dc.date.available2022-10-18T06:26:11Z
dc.date.available2023-07-13T08:23:35Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14342/2388
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of the present study was to determine the relationship between physical fitness and academic achievement in a sample of primary-school children. Data of 116 sixth-grade primary-school students (68 girls, 48 boys) from Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain) with a mean (SD) age of 11.4 years (0.4) was analyzed. To determine academic achievement, proficiency scores in the subjects Catalan language, Spanish language, English language, and Maths were derived from the Test de Compètencies Bàsiques. Physical fitness was assessed using the Cooper test (aerobic capacity), 20-m sprint test (linear velocity), and 4 × 10-m test (agility). The results showed that participants with a higher performance in the Cooper and 20-m sprint tests had significantly better academic achievement in the assessed subjects (p < 0.05; d range = 0.93 to −2.98). The findings of this investigation are interesting from a curricular perspective since a positive association between academic achievement and physical fitness indicates a strong reason to raise the physical education status in educational systems, a subject that has traditionally been considered less important by the educational community.eng
dc.format.extent12 p.cat
dc.language.isoengcat
dc.publisherMDPIcat
dc.relation.ispartofSustainability, 2022, 14(14), 8454cat
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International
dc.rights© L'autor/a
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.sourceRECERCAT (Dipòsit de la Recerca de Catalunya)
dc.subject.otherRendiment acadèmiccat
dc.subject.otherEducació físicacat
dc.subject.otherEducació primàriacat
dc.subject.otherRendiment físiccat
dc.titleHigher Running Speed and Cardiovascular Endurance Are Associated with Greater Level of Academic Achievement in Urban Catalan Primary School Childrencat
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlecat
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioncat
dc.rights.accessLevelinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/su14148454cat


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